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* *** Looking up your hostname...
* *** Checking your username and password...
* Closing link (Frank@<redacted>) [Registration timeout]
* Disconnected (Remote host closed socket).
Cycling to next server in Neowin...
* Disconnected ().
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same here


* Looking up irc.neowin.net
* Connecting to irc.neowin.net (208.43.57.26) port 6667...
* Connected. Now logging in...
* *** Looking up your hostname...
* *** Checking your username and password...
* Closing link (haggis@*) [Registration timeout]
* Disconnected (Remote host closed socket).
Cycling to next server in New Network...
* Disconnected ().
* Looking up irc.neowin.net
* Connecting to irc.neowin.net (208.43.57.26) port 6667...
* Connected. Now logging in...
* *** Looking up your hostname...
* *** Checking your username and password...
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i haven't been able to connect to the IRC for a couple months now, when i try to connect it just gets stuck at "Username and Password accepted, connecting..." and just sits there till it times out then tries again

i haven't been able to connect to the IRC for a couple months now, when i try to connect it just gets stuck at "Username and Password accepted, connecting..." and just sits there till it times out then tries again

What client are you using?

still can't figure it out. I can get on the irc just fine on my Android tablet, and i can get on other irc networks just fine with hex chat, but when i try to get on neowin I only can get this far

Update Checker plugin loaded

* Looking up irc.neowin.net

* Connecting to irc.neowin.net (208.43.57.26:6667)

* Connected. Now logging in.

* *** Looking up your hostname...

* *** Checking your username and password...

* *** Username and Password accepted, connecting...

and it just gets stuck there

edit: here's a picture of it (ps. i manually told it to disconnect to show that it just sits there)

post-335698-0-21016300-1352954196.png

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